“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 27
February and repeated at 11pm on Monday 28 February. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1951
In 1951, the stars were as much of an attraction as the shows. Phil Silvers was in ‘Top Banana’, Shirley Booth added lustre to ‘A Tree Grows In Brooklyn’, James Barton starred in ‘Paint Your Wagon’ and Gertrude Lawrence starred with Yul Brynner in ‘The King And I’.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others, including ‘They Call the Wind Maria’ (from ‘Paint Your Wagon’), ‘Make The Man Love Me’ (‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’), ‘I Fought Every Step Of The Way’ (‘Top Banana’) and ‘Shall We Dance’ (‘The King And I’).
Performers include Gertrude Lawrence, Shirley Booth, Rufus Smith, Nanette Fabray, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Rose Marie and Phil Silvers.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
